Declan Rice goal secures West Ham victory over defensively frail Arsenal
Re-live all the action as West Ham beat Arsenal in Saturday's early Premier League kick-off
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Your support makes all the difference.West Ham United were deserved winners in their Premier League early kick-off against Arsenal, with Declan Rice scoring what proved to be the winning goal three minutes after the restart for the second half to secure victory and lift Manuel Pellegrini's side up to eighth in the table.
Arsenal were once again without Mesut Ozil, who Unai Emery left out due to "tactical reasons", but without the German midfielder they had not way of finding both Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette, who both started the match in attack.
Instead, it was West Ham who struck first with Rice's deftly-executed finish on the turn, and although Laurent Koscielny put the ball into the back of the net in the final minute of the match, the offside flag saved West Ham to guarantee them a valuable three points. Re-live the action below.
What time does it start?
West Ham vs Arsenal kicks off at 12:30pm (GMT).
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports’ Premier League and Main Event channels from 11:30am. Sky Sports subscribers can also watch the game via the Sky Go app.
The match will also be available on Now TV by grabbing a day pass for just £7.99.
Highlights will be shown at 10:20pm on BBC One.
Player to watch…
Samir Nasri - The 31-year-old midfielder is set to make his first league start for West Ham against his former club after signing a six-month contract with the Hammers on New Year’s Day. The Frenchman, who completed an 18-month doping ban before signing, made his debut in Manuel Pellegrini’s side 2-0 win over Birmingham City in the FA Cup third-round and dictated play for large parts of the 58 minutes that he played.
Form guide…
West Ham: WLWLDW
Arsenal: LWDLWW
Odds…
West Ham to win: 5/2
Arsenal to win: Evens
Draw: 14/5
(Odds provided by 888 Sport)
63 mins: West Ham 1 - 0 Arsenal
Kolasinac dives in on Antonio and gets put in the book. West Ham try to be clever with the free kick, playing it short before dinking it over the top but the execution is poor and the ball goes out for a goal kick.
66 mins: West Ham 1 - 0 Arsenal
Aubameyang gets a great chance for Arsenal, the ball comes into the box from the left and Aubameyang takes it. He's got a view of goal before Cresswell dives in front of him narrowing the angle. The defender does enough as Aubameyang hits the ball over the bar.
69 mins: West Ham 1 - 0 Arsenal
Iwobi takes a shot across goal and puts it wide.
Maitland-Niles then works the ball on the right before giving it to Ramsey. Ramsey plays a chip into the box that's headed out to Guendouzi whose shot is saved by Fabianski.
Bellerin then replaces Maitland-Niles.
72 mins: West Ham 1 - 0 Arsenal
Andy Carroll and Robert Snograss replace Marko Arnautovic and Samir Nasri.
75 mins: West Ham 1 - 0 Arsenal
Arsenal have upped the tempo of their attacking play but so far West Ham have been able to hold strong. There's still 15 minutes to play though.
78 mins: West Ham 1 - 0 Arsenal
More frustratioin for the Gunners as Guendouzi tries to send Lacazette through on goal. The mid-fielder plays the ball into the box but the striker doesn't make a run.
81 mins: West Ham 1 - 0 Arsenal
Antonio is sacrificed for Pedro Obiang as West Ham look to secure their slender lead.
84 mins: West Ham 1 - 0 Arsenal
Kolasinac brings the ball forward down the left. He gives it to Ramsey and runs into the box. Ramsey puts the ball over the top giving it back to Kolasinac. Kolasinac squares it and Aubameyang scores. Both Kolasinac and Aubameyang are offside though so it won't count.
87 mins: West Ham 1 - 0 Arsenal
West Ham on the brink of a rare victory over Arsenal and on their 50th game in the London Stadium as well. Can they hold on for the final few minutes.
The way Arsenal are playing they shouldn't have a problem.
90 mins: West Ham 1 - 0 Arsenal
Three minutes added time and Arsenal have a corner. Torreira puts the ball into the box and Fabianski comes out and claims the ball. West Ham are almost home, they held Chelsea to a clean sheet here and it looks as though they'll hold Arsenal off as well.
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